Travel management platform CWT has appointed Michelle McKinney Frymire to the role of chief executive. She will take up the position at the start of May. Incumbent, Kurt Ekert, will be stepping down and will take on the role of senior advisor to the company. Frymire joined CWT in 2019 and has over 20 years’ …
British Airways has announced four new short-haul routes to Wroclaw (WRO) and Gdansk (GDN) in Poland, Riga (RIX) in Latvia and Cluj-Napoca (CLJ) in Romania. The routes add breadth to the airline’s schedule and will operate from the beginning of July, running throughout summer. All flights will be served from Heathrow, with Wroclaw operating twice …
Property sales in Dubai were at the highest level in 16 months, according to new research. Figures from Mo’asher, the official sales price index from Dubai Land Department (DLD) in cooperation with Property Finder, recorded 4,643 transactions worth Dh10.9 billion last month. Overall, transaction numbers grew 23 per cent and in value terms, deals grew …
Whitbread has reported losses of £1 billion for financial 2020 in the wake of what the company described as the most challenging year in its more than two century long history. Revenues fell 72 per cent last year, to £589 million, as the Covid-19 pandemic decimated the UK hospitality sector. Alison Brittain, Whitbread chief executive, …
Jet2 has said it expects to lose £375-£385 million for the year to the end of March in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. In contrast, the leisure airline and tour operator made a profit of £264 million in 2019. The company currently plans to restart operations in late-June as the UK government reopens the …
With the reopening of international borders on the horizon and the global vaccine rollout gathering pace, World Travel Awards has launched its #Together initiative. The scheme aims to galvanise the recovery efforts of the global travel and tourism economy. #Together serves an on-going resource of information, practical advice and insights from the travel industry’s thought-leaders …
Martin Mangan has been appointed general manager of Carton House, a Fairmont Managed Hotel. One of the most significant and historic country house hotels in Ireland, it will join the Accor-owned brand following its reopening in June. “This summer the multimillion-euro total renovation of Carton House will be unveiled, and I am delighted to join …
Qatar Airways will operate three weekly flights to Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire via Accra from June 16th. The route becomes the fourth new destination in Africa announced by the national carrier of the state of Qatar since the start of the pandemic. The Abidjan service will be operated by a Boeing 787 Dreamliner featuring 22 seats …
The Global Summit is the most important Travel & Tourism event for the private sector and is the world’s first major gathering of world tourism leaders since the outbreak of the pandemic. Source link gotravelblogger
While occupancy increased slightly year over year, it remained well below the pre-pandemic comparable of March 2019 (-46.8%). Source link gotravelblogger
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